Torres Straits Mail News.

Auckland Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2217, 13 April 1877, Page 2

Torres Straits Mail News.

Nearly 100 papers in France have h fined m various sums for asS en article against the mother of the v rous Eugene. Some were fined L m 3000 francs, whilst the wj *& as francs. The Minister of SL^ 25 all the fines to the minimum reduce^ The "Diort de L'homme" has be«,. pended for six months for attS m' Marshal McMahon. It wS re aS r {* morrow, under the name of "Lp W a £ , The Beauffremont case has aS? 1 before the tribunals, the P^£ by* ordered to pay £40 per diem for the 3 she fails to give up the children to theS vent of Sacn Creux. con" The English young lady has been , moved from the convent at Autill Severe repressive measures are &\ nn enacted against duelling in France 8 M. Thiers has had a severe attack of illness. He had so many svmnatliit^ callers that the police WSqSffSpreserve order. l 0

A serious disagreement is said to hay» been occasioned between Princ - BismarrV and the Imperial Court, in consequence of some representations, made privately of influential persons in France, respecting the Prince's behaviour to that country Particulars have been published respect ing the late emeute between French and German sailors at Smyrna, when one of the latter was killed; some English were also present. A call being made for songs the French sang the "Marßeillase,"theEnk«fc the "Red, White, and Blue," and the G er . mans the '• Watch on the Rhine.1' .The French, who numbered forty, were the aggressors, attacking the Germans ■with their knives. The Germans defended. themselves with the legs ef tables and chairs' and finally, although thirteen only j R number, drove the Frenchmen away. "^Thg English did not interfere. Diplomatic correspondence is going on relative to.rthe affair.

The German Government has expressed its willingness to restore the confiscated property of the ex-King of Hanover, pro. vided he withdraws his pretensions.

Rumours have lately been prevalent of the probable retirement of Count Gortscha koff.

Numerous arrests continue to be made in. Russia, and several persons have been sentenced to penal servitude for, the demonstration at the Kasan CathejdraL St. Petersburg, on the 18th December last.

There have been riotous demonstrations in Brussels and Antwerp against the Malan Ministry, for its Ultramontane proclivities. Several arrests were made. The Pope has issued a brief, advising Catholics to abstain from taking part in political elections.

The Emperor and Empress of Brazil are now in Rome, where they have had a splendid reception. A rich proprietor in Sicily has been captured by brigands and assassinated. The propriety of placing the isle under rigorous martial law is being discussed. A telegram from Alexandra, dated the 11th, says that the Egyptian troops, have been again defeated in the vicinity of Masowal by the Abyssinians.